Comments on: Costa Rica Foreign Minister: “Nicaragua is not a good neighbor”

By: Marcel M. Pfister

Marcel M. Pfister — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:31:00 +0000

Costa Ricans would be amazed to read about the “millions of 2nd generation Costa Ricans whom migrated to Nicaragua for its superior economy, education and living standards from 1929-1979″. The only ones who come to mind is the ones who allied themselves with the Somoza Dictatorship, namely Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia and his family and followers, amongst whom the later presidents Rafael Angel Calderon Fournier and the highly incompetent Abel Pacheco de la Espriella – all of them considered traitors by some Costa Ricans. As for the Sandinistas: Daniel Ortega and his cronies are the laughing stock of Central America.

By: Prada7

Prada7 — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 04:33:00 +0000

Amazing … CR sees the writing on the wall and fear the return of post 1979 Nicaragua/Costa Rica,.. Amazingly there are millions of 2nd generation Costa Ricans whom migrated to Nicaragua for its superior economy, education and living standards from 1929-1979,.. Only thing is your to ignorant to see that all economic cycles come full circle … Also odd that the Sandinista revolution was harvested for 11 years in Costa Rica and headquartered within Costa Rica’s borders …

By: Prada7

Prada7 — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 04:24:00 +0000

Costs Rica is becoming irrelevant … With Nicaragua quickly becoming superior to CR, it’s a return to post 1980 Nicaragua/Costa Rica. I would be careful if I where Nicaragua for it was the “Peace loving” Costa Ricans that from their borders launched the Sandinistas and Daniel Ortega … Odd hoe history and rhetoric don’t support each other hmmmmmm

By: dark451

dark451 — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:02:00 +0000

I just heard about that! (the oil issue). I wanted to look at the maps, but have been unable to get a copy of it.
I dont think people take Pastora seriously! lol

By: dark451

dark451 — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:57:00 +0000

I think problems between the two countries started before Costa Rica’s superior standard of living and/or stable democracy. In my opinion, it may have started around 1850…when Costa Rica ‘took’ Nicoya and Guanacaste away(according to the nicaraguans) or the two provinces decided by their own will to join Costa Rica (costa rican version). It’s interesting that costa ricans referred, or may still refer, to inhabitants of Guanacaste or Nicoya as ‘nicas regalados’. It seems to infer that the inhabitants were indeed nicaraguan.
To me, the history of how Guanacaste and Nicoya ended as costa rican territory is not clear. What is clear is that Nicaragua resents this event to this day.
There is widespread belief that Costa Rica wants the San Juan river and access to Lake Nicaragua. I believe it was part of the negotiation of the San Juan river treaties in the 1800s. Some believe, to this day, that Costa Rica still pursues that expansionist policy. I believe Costa Rica wants the San Juan river based on its submission to the World Court asking the river be declared ‘international river’ and be co-sovereign (having a lot more rights than specified in the treaties).

By: Marcel M. Pfister

Marcel M. Pfister — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:50:00 +0000

You’re embellishing the facts. I have also gone through the Laudo Alexander in great detail. There is no need to mention Isla Calero because it has always been Costa Rican. The map issue was based on the erroneours Google Maps boundaries and Nicaragua had become the laughing stock of the world. I watched Eden Pastora’s appearance on Nicaraguan television. He is a lying hound and a schemer. Costa Rica has plat maps for all of Isla Calero with people owning properties. I suggest you take a look at the next bone of contention cropping up, Nicaragua’s sales flyer for exploration and logistics in Caribbean and Pacific waters, both of them using Costa Rica’s national waters.

By: dark451

dark451 — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:22:00 +0000

One more thing, I do agree…Ortega is a clown as well

By: dark451

dark451 — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:18:00 +0000

Hi Marcel,
I also thought Nicaragua was in the wrong and that it actually invaded Costa Rican territory. To make my own opinion (as opposed to that one from LaPrensa of Nicaragua or La Nacion of Costa Rica), I read the treaties and Laudo Alexander. To my surprise, the treaties favour Nicaragua. Interestingly enough, the treaties make no mention of isla Calero; it only refers to Harbour Head. Nicaragua claims a portion of Harbour Head which is located today at the very tip of isla Calero.
I also believe the nicaraguan government was also surprised of the error. – hence the maps were removed and modified. Even though the maps may be wrong, the maps have no value per se; the treaties make the map; not the other way around.
Lastly, i believe Nicaragua won its case at the Hague — 90000 sq kms of maritime area vs 45 sq kms of land. Even if the islands had been adjudicated to Nicaragua, I believe the inhabitants would have seceded somehow in the short term. Essentially, Nicaragua gained – it didnt lose anything. Ask Colombia.

By: Marcel M. Pfister

Marcel M. Pfister — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:46:00 +0000

Hogwash. More than half a million Nicaraguans live and work in Costa Rica because their own country has nothing to offer. The Sandinista government is of Nicaragua’s own doing and subsequently your responsibility. Daniel Ortega is a corrupt and incompetent president and it’s your fault for electing him in the first place. The expansionist policies of Nicaragua will fail. You will have to travel a long way to come as far as Costa Rica. You don’t even play in the same league. Keep on dreaming.

By: Marcel M. Pfister

Marcel M. Pfister — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:38:00 +0000

What a heap of absolute nonsense. Nicaragua invaded Costa Rica’s Isla Calero with their troops. The same day, they removed their own country maps from the Internet since the two borders coincided with one another. The stupid Rio San Juan border is the result of the infamous Cañas-Jerez Treaty of 1858 where the US sided with Nicaragua and the United Kingdom with Costa Rica. To put the border on the edge of a river is sheer insanity and has no precedence anywhere else. Nicaragua lost its case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, where they had claimed the Archipelago of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina as being theirs. So far for the facts. The clown in this Mickey Mouse charade is Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega. Costa Rica is being too patient with its problem neighbor. We should enter Isla Calero with armed paramilitary troops made up of the Ministerio de Seguridad Publica and the implicit support of Colombia, Honduras, Mexico and the United States. Enough of being the nice neighbor.